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The First-Time Homesteader : A Complete Beginner's Guide to Starting and Loving Your New Homestead.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sowards, Jessica.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-reliant living.
- Sustainable living.
- Farm life.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2022.
- Summary:
- The First-Time Homesteader has all the essential information you need to start a homestead in the city, country, or suburbia, including advice on gardening, raising chickens, keeping bees, starting a home dairy, and living more resourcefully.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Ch 1: Making a Plan
- Can You Be a Homesteader?
- Homesteading in the 'Burbs
- What to Keep in Mind While Land Shopping
- Knowing Your Why
- Laying Out the Farm
- Making a 5-Year Plan
- Ch 2: Yard Birds
- Building Your Flock
- Chicken Breeds
- Roosters in the Flock
- A Home for the Flock
- Feed Them Well
- When Production Ends
- Poop Is Money
- Ch 3: Meat in the Freezer
- Behind Industrial Meat
- Feed Sourcing
- Raising Poultry
- Raising Rabbits
- Raising Pigs
- Raising Beef
- Ch 4: The Home Dairy
- A Few Goats or the Family Cow
- Home Dairy Beginnings
- Setting Up Your Dairy
- Milking Time
- Feeding Your Herds
- Bulls, Bucks, and Breeding
- Birthing and Baby Care
- Dairy Goat Breeds
- Dairy Cow Breeds
- Ch 5: The Homestead Garden
- Garden Siting
- The Perennial Garden
- The Annuals Garden
- Building Your Soil
- Ch 6: Keeping Bees
- Inside the Hive
- A Beekeeper's Gear
- Sourcing Bees
- Siting a Bee Yard
- Natural vs. Conventional Management
- Ch 7: Resourceful Living and Natural Remedies
- Thrifting and Repurposing
- Bartering
- Foraging
- Homestead Medicine Cabinet
- Cleaning with Vinegar
- Ch 8: Homestead Kitchen Skills
- Tools for the Farmhouse Kitchen
- Homestead Kitchen Know-How
- Preservation Time
- Herb Preservation
- Conclusion: A Simple and Beautiful Life
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Dedication
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sowards, Jessica The First-Time Homesteader
- ISBN:
- 9780760372364
- OCLC:
- 1344539783
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